Taking it to the Streets

MOUNT VERNON — State Rep. Rex Damschroder, R-Fremont, introduced a bill in December which, if passed, would eliminate double dipping by public employees who officially retired but continue working in the public sector.

CENTERBURG — At the midway point in the season, the race for the Mid-Buckeye Conference title just got interesting.

MOUNT VERNON — Students and staff have completed their first full week in Central Ohio Technical College's newly renovated downtown home, and the reviews are uniformly favorable.

GAMBIER — Kenyon will gear up to welcome about 2,000 bicycle riders on Aug. 11, with many of the riders accompanied and cheered on by family and friends.

MOUNT VERNON — Knox County will be implementing a new wellness program as part of its employee health insurance plan.

MOUNT VERNON — The film, A Voice for Life, will be shown in local churches this January and February as Sanctity for Human Life is honored by various congregations in Knox County.

MOUNT VERNON — Plans are underway by the organizers of Ohio Junior Miss, Inc. for the 26th annual Distinguished Young Women Radio Auction.

DANVILLE — The Knox County Veterans Service Office will be available for questions regarding VA benefits as well as financial assistance at The Sanctuary Community Action Service Center, 304 Market St., Danville.

GAMBIER — The final home appearance for the senior class in any sport is always a time to reflect on the past few years and all of the hard work that went into making a high school career.

DANVILLE — Danville coach Shane Henry has preached to his three seniors all year that this is their team and the Devils would be as successful as they could make them.

CENTERBURG — Investigation with the State Fire Marshal is continuing on the apartment fire which occurred late Tuesday evening in Centerburg that sent one tenant to the hospital.

MOUNT VERNON — ReStore, a building and home improvement supply store operated by Knox County Habitat for Humanity, has moved into the former Loma Linda building on Wooster Road, and the volunteers are thrilled with the extra display and storage space.

GREER — Concerns about threats to water supplies from fracking and oil well brine disposal dominated a community meeting at the Jefferson Township House in Greer Wednesday evening.

MOUNT VERNON — On Wednesday, Knox County Common Pleas Court Judge Otho Eyster handed down sentences in two felony cases, according to Prosecutor John Thatcher.

MOUNT VERNON — On Wednesday evening, the Mount Vernon fire department responded to a fire reported at 17375 Murray Road.

HOWARD — A Mount Vernon News reader reported Wednesday she received a phone call she believed was a scam and wanted other readers to be aware and not fall prey to those with illegal intentions.

MOUNT VERNON — A new detective has been appointed by Knox County Sheriff David Barber.

Northerners could be excused if they were more filled with gloom than cheer on New Year's Eve 1861.

UTICA — Longtime rival high schools East Knox and Danville did something that they had never done before.